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George Washington has 538 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of characters appreciated…
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To please everybody is impossible; were I to undertake it, I should probably please nobody.
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The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respected Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all…
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I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind,…
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[Let] the poor the needy and oppressed of the Earth, and those who want Land, resort to the fertile lands of our…
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The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be…
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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The advancement of agriculture, commerce and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. But I cannot forbear intimating…
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Every post is honourable in which a man can serve his country.
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To place any dependence upon militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff.
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Make the most of the Indian Hemp Seed and sow it everywhere.
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The United States is in no way founded upon the Christian religion
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Hence as a private man has a right to say what wages he will give in his private affairs, so has a…
— Samuel Adams
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Hell is out of fashion - institutional hells at any rate. The populated infernos of the 20th century are more private affairs,…
— J. G. Ballard
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That feelings of love and hate make rational judgments impossible in public affairs, as in private affairs, we can clearly enough see…
— Herbert Spencer
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I am moreover inclined to be concise when I reflect on the constant occupation of the citizens in public and private affairs,…
— Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
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I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
— George Washington
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Never crowd youngsters about their private affairs - sex especially. When they are growing up, they are nerve ends all over, and…
— Robert A. Heinlein
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A wise man should not divulge the formula of a medicine which he has well prepared; an act of charity which he…
— Chanakya
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I don't like to meddle in my private affairs.
— Karl Kraus
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I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or…
— Pete Seeger
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A national security letter cannot be used to authorize eavesdropping or to read the contents of e-mail. But it does permit investigators…
— Barton Gellman
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